Paree, Paree

{{infobox film

| name = Paree, Paree

| director = Roy Mack

| producer = Samuel Sax

| writer = Cyrus Wood
E. Ray Goetz
Herbert Fields

| starring = Bob Hope
Dorothy Stone

| cinematography = Ray Foster

| distributor = Warner Brothers

| runtime = 21 minutes

| released = {{Film date|1934|09|08}}

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Paree, Paree is a 1934 black-and-white Vitaphone musical short starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Stone. Cole Porter wrote the lyrics and music for this musical comedy short.[http://www.sondheimguide.com/porter/paree.html Paree, Paree], SoundheimGuide, accessed February 13, 2013

Premise

A wealthy man (Bob Hope) makes a bet with his friends that he could win a girl (Dorothy Stone) without her knowing of his riches.

Cast

Songs

Four of the songs in this short were first used in Porter's 1929 Broadway musical Fifty Million Frenchmen, then in the 1931 film adaptation of the same name, which was filmed in Technicolor.

  • "Paree, What Did You Do to Me" – Female singer
  • "You Don't Know Paree" – Orchestra
  • "You Do Something to Me" – Peter and Lulu
  • "Find Me a Primitive Man" – Violet
  • "You've Got That Thing" – Peter
  • Finale: "You've Got That Thing" (reprise) – Company

:These songs were from Fifty Million Frenchmen.

Home media

This short was released on DVD in the special features of the MGM movie musical Silk Stockings (1957).

References

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